Rodeo

September 23, 2003

To the editor:

To the people of Somerset County who attended the rodeo sponsored by the Friedens Vol. Fire Department, "Thank you" for showing your support. To the people who didn't attend "Hang your heads in shame".

People in this area will pay 20 plus dollars to go hear someone sing, someone who gives nothing in return. But when it comes to attending something sponsored by your local fire departments the turn out is low. Your fire department is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. You call them when you need water pumped from your basement. You call them when you need your swimming pool filled. They are called out to remove downed trees from your roadways and they are there when there is a traffic accident or a building is on fire. They are also called out for other reasons.

The people of this county better wake up and smell the roses before they wake up to the smell of smoke and there is no one there to answer their call for help. Please support your local fire departments.